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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 53086


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School
571
Students
1
5-star school
Top rankedSlinger Elementary13th of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Slinger Elementary up 33 spots statewide this year
Summary:

ZIP code 53086 covers the Slinger, Wisconsin area and contains exactly one elementary school in this data set: Slinger Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 with 571 students and belongs to Slinger School District, ranked 19th of 432 districts in Wisconsin (96th percentile, 5-star rating).

Slinger Elementary is a consistently top-tier school. Its statewide elementary rank was 13th of 1,039 schools in 2025–2026 (99th percentile), 46th of 1,044 in 2024–2025 (96th percentile), and 28th of 1,061 in 2023–2024 (97th percentile) — earning 5 stars each year. On the Forward Exam, the school scored above the state average in every reported test in both years. The smallest gap was +14.01 points (4th-grade Science, 2024–2025) and the largest was +39.60 points (4th-grade Mathematics, 2025–2026). It also usually exceeds its own high-performing district, including all ELA grades, Math 4 and 5, Social Studies 4, and Science 4 in 2025–2026.

Chronic absenteeism is exceptionally low at 0.8%, compared with 2.5% in the district and 17.3% statewide — a strong engagement signal. About 24.69% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $12,761, and the student-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. Scores do shift by grade and year: Science 4 rose 21.18 points to 86.02% and Social Studies 4 rose 10.15 points to 88.17%, while ELA 3 fell 9.76 points to 81.82% and Math 3 fell 7.24 points to 87.50%. These swings likely reflect different student cohorts, and every one of those scores remains far above the state average.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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